Talk:Warlock (Hall novel)

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The hatnote[edit]

WP:NAMB says to omit the hatnote when obviously no one is going to link to the page by accident. Thus, anyone adding a link to Tree in pretty much any context is going to link to something other than Tree (set theory), so there is no need to help the poor reader who gets to Tree (set theory).

In contrast, it is reasonable to worry that some editor will link to this page when he meant the film or the other author's Warlock. Even if you believe no one would be so incompetent to type in such a slightly mistaken link, people do cut and paste from a piped link and forget to fix the target.

Removing the link to the full disambiguation is probably also incorrect, since the full disambiguation list includes some other long-shot mistakes people might make. Choor monster (talk) 13:14, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You are the one misinterpreting WP:NAMB, which discusses following links, not creating them. Hatnotes are for the convenience of users, not editors. According to the guideline, because the title of this article is absolutely unambiguous, it should not have a hatnote. The film is already linked in the text of the article, and no other uses on the dab page could be confused with Warlock (Hall novel). The hatnote is largely unhelpful clutter in this context. But I'm not going to fight about it. --99.26.129.92 (talk) 16:41, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I have read WP:NAMB correctly. You have not. Nowhere does it raise "absolutely unambiguous" as a criterion.

Where do you think users following incorrect links come from? An editor who creates a link to this article by mistake will lead to users who reach this page by mistake. The hatnote is for those users. And yes, other uses on the dab page can be confused with this article. Someone who was told Warlock is a must-read book and comes to this page and doesn't realize there are is another book with the same title is helped by the hatnote. The hatnote is unhelpful clutter to people who know what's what, but you can say that about all hatnotes. Choor monster (talk) 16:59, 1 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No-one is going to link to the disambiguator "(Hall novel)" by mistake when they mean the film, or any other usage. The hatnote is unnecessary per WP:NAMB. --Rob Sinden (talk) 11:49, 26 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]